Els problemes ambientals de Letònia

1. NATURE PROTECTION:
SOLUTIONS IN LATVIA

2. A special presentation
for School Partnership programme
“Let’s do something for our planet!”
made by
Oskara Kalpaka Rudbarzu primary school
Lyons, 2009

3. Here our pupils go for walking tour to investigate
environment solutions at school and some other
places of our Rudbarzi village

4. Here you see rubbish bins…
The waste get out our school
unsorted.

6. Dump to burn near garden

8. Try the game!
http://www.atkritumi.lv/robis/

9. Garbage sorting
Remains
of building
Honey wagon

11. This is link to the site what educate to manage waste
http://www.atkritumi.lv

12. Landfill

13. Littering at forests…

19. Latvia is … alive

20. Altogether in Latvia there are
684 specially protected
natural areas: 1 biosphere
reserve, 4 national parks, 4
strict nature reserves, 9 areas
of protected landscapes, 42
nature parks, 258 nature
reserves , 221 geological and
geomorphologic formations
with protectable qualities, 89
dendrological planted areas,
that makes 12% of the area of
Latvia in total. The most of
these protected areas are
established as Natura 2000 –
protection areas of European
level.
The small river Skervelis flows at nature
reserve 10 km from our school

21. The most famous
waterfall in Latvia.
Here the Venta
meets the area where
hard dolomite rock is
changed to softer
sandstone by nature
The biggest stone in Latvia
The biggest cave in Latvia is done
brought by glacier in period
by small spring stream into russet
when all territory of Latvia
sandstone rock
was ice-covered

22. Very old lime-tree at Valdemarpils
The circuit of the biggest oak trunk is
more than 10 m
The biggest black alder in
The circuit of the
Latvia has found at Rudbarzi!
biggest juniper
Try the link! -tree trunk is 2,8 m
http://www.dabasretumi.lv/Eindex.htm

23. In the Latvia (eastern part) live about 10 brown
bears (Ursus arctos). But in territory of
Latvia's north neighbor Estonia - 600!
A trail of brown
The Europe area
bear in Latvia
where brown bear lives

24. Wolves inhabiting
Latvia belong to the Baltic
population, which totals
about 3600 individuals
with uneven distribution.
In Latvia, wolves are more
The conservation objective is to
common in the west, north
maintain the Latvian wolf
and east and rare
population of least 300-500
in the central part of the
individuals indefinitely in the
country. The last official
future ensuring continuous species
census showed about 600
distribution in Latvia. And to
individuals in total.
maintain high environmental
Here is a link to the site “Latvia's nature” if
carrying capacity and natural
you are interested in species of Latvia's
nature! ecological functions of the species
http://www.latvijasdaba.lv/
in the ecosystem.

25. The
In Latvia,
conservative
lynx are
objective is to
more
maintain the
common in
Latvian lynx
its northern
population of
part. Year
least 600-650
2006 official
individuals
statistics
indefinitely in
showed ca.
the future.
900
individuals.

26. The Black stork (Ciconia
nigra) is one of the nature
conservation flagship species
not only in Latvia but also
across its entire range — in
Europe, Asia and Africa.
According to the
population size evaluation
carried out in early 1990-s there
were about 900–1000 pairs of
the Black stork nesting in
Latvia, or approximately 10%
of the known global population.
The decrease of the nesting
population in Latvia since the
http://www.putni.lv/
early 1990-s was about 45% of
Go to this link to know more about Latvia's
its initial size.
birds. On English pages you can found sound
page where some birds songs is recorded by
I.Folkmanis who live in Rudbarzi

27. Toads Bombina bombina is
protected in Latvia alike some .
other amphibious animal
species.
Tree frog was successfully
reintroduced in Latvia near
Rudbarzi.

28. Wild horses and European bison has
settled to reintroduce at some areas
in Latvia

29. On January, 2009 was opened the biggest biofuel
manufacturing complex „Bio-Venta” Ltd in Latvia.
Biofuel is renewable energy resource obtained from rape
oil – a worthy alternative for fossil fuel.
The total sum of investments in the building of factory is
85 million euro. The initial power will be 100 000 tons
biofuel per year and more than 100 000 tons rape seeds
will be processed each year.

30. Draft laws define that from January
1, 2011 the deposit system will be
adapted for beverages with reusable
and disposable packaging from
glass, plastic and metal in Latvia.
Law defines main requirements for
deposit system implementation and
adjusting as well as the duty for
packagers, merchants and
packaging reception centres to take
part in this system. The consumer,
who buys the goods in the deposit
packaging, pays definite sum of
money – the payment of deposit. By
accepting back this packaging from
the consumer the merchant or
reception centre refunds the deposit
sum.

31. On February, 2009 Latvia opened the
first and only hazardous waste disposal
site in Zebrene, Dobele region.
The waste site is build
according to laws and
regulations of EU and Latvia
and international experience.
By considering the
amount of hazardous waste
flow in Latvia it is planned
that the waste disposal in the
site will be 9000 tons per
year. Planned activity period
for the site is approximately
20 years.

32. Draft laws define that in the forestry works
used cutting tools should be oiled with bio oil.
The aim is to decrease the soil, over ground
and groundwater pollution and flora and fauna
degradation created by the use of mineral oil
use in forestry works.
By cutting out 10 million cubic meters wood
every year the consumption of mineral oil for
motor saws in the forests of Latvia is about 2
million litres, creating the environment
pollution with mineral oils and used oils which
are even more dangerous. The research made
in 2006 “Motor saw chain oils impact on
environment in forests of Latvia” showed that
the mineral oils used in motor saws have
negative impact on environment and different
species.